Green Lantern Sales Numbers

[CeltiC5-27 Weaponer of Qward Find all posts View Profile Close CeltiC5-27]

Nice to see Hal Jordan is back on top again! Hopefully this series can stay in the top 20.

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Yeah, I'm excited for him cracking the top 10 again.

[Hypo Lil' Leaguer Find all posts View Profile Close Hypo]

We don't have the exact sales numbers yet and it looks like the GL books fell out of the top 10 but DC was top in both Dollar Share (39.27%) and Market Share (44.59%) despite shipping 75 comics to Marvel's 93.

DC also had 9 of the top 10 comics sold and overall Diamond shipped 10.26 million comics total, the most in the direct market since December 1996.

[EmeraldGladiator Manhunter Repairman Find all posts View Profile Close EmeraldGladiator]

Looks like most of the DC books sales are dropping. I am hoping that HJ&tGLC plateaus out soon and then hopefully goes on an uptick because I have really enjoyed the quality of the title so far. It will be interesting to see at what level the DC books remain at after the initial Rebirth buzz fades.

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August Comic Sales



1 Harley Quinn 1* $2.99 DC 359,957
2 All Star Batman 1* $4.99 DC 289,348
3 Suicide Squad 1* $2.99 DC 217,672
4 Amazing Spider-Man 16 $3.99 Marvel 185,342
5 Suicide Squad Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 177,806
6 Batman 4* $2.99 DC 152,985
7 Batman 5* $2.99 DC 142,142
8 Justice League 2* $2.99 DC 127,402
9 Harley Quinn 2* $2.99 DC 116,651
10 Supergirl Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 112,807
11 Justice League 3* $2.99 DC 110,738
12 Deathstroke Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 99,318
13 Walking Dead 157 $2.99 Image 97,689
14 Nightwing 2* $2.99 DC 93,131
15 Flash 4* $2.99 DC 92,916
16 Superwoman 1* $2.99 DC 92,081
17 Detective Comics 938* $2.99 DC 88,935
18 Superman 4* $2.99 DC 88,154
19 Wonder Woman 4* $2.99 DC 85,329
20 Star Wars 22 $3.99 Marvel 85,126
21 Red Hood and the Outlaws 1* $2.99 DC 83,849
22 Black Panther 5 $3.99 Marvel 83,756
23 Deathstroke 1* $2.99 DC 83,602
24 Flash 5* $2.99 DC 83,482
25 Nightwing 3* $2.99 DC 81,555
26 Detective Comics 939* $2.99 DC 81,465
27 Superman 5* $2.99 DC 81,339
28 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 2* $2.99 DC 77,972
29 Wonder Woman 5* $2.99 DC 77,860
30 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 1* $2.99 DC 75,892
31 Darth Vader 24 $3.99 Marvel 75,401
32 Amazing Spider-Man 17 $3.99 Marvel 74,869
33 Blue Beetle Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 72,993
34 Titans 2* $2.99 DC 72,799
35 New Super Man 2* $2.99 DC 72,522
36 Action Comics 961* $2.99 DC 71,821
37 Green Lanterns 4* $2.99 DC 71,140
38 Spider-Man Deadpool 8 $3.99 Marvel 69,519
39 Star Wars Han Solo 3 $3.99 Marvel 67,816
40 Green Arrow 4* $2.99 DC 67,577
41 Fallen 1 $4.99 Marvel 66,578
42 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 3* $2.99 DC 64,737
43 Action Comics 962* $2.99 DC 64,328
44 Green Lanterns 5* $2.99 DC 64,252
45 Green Arrow 5* $2.99 DC 63,209
46 Batgirl 2* $2.99 DC 62,374
47 Accused 1 $4.99 Marvel 62,363
48 Aquaman 4* $2.99 DC 61,492
49 Hellblazer 1* $2.99 DC 59,734
50 Deadpool 17 $3.99 Marvel 57,681
51 Deadpool 16 $3.99 Marvel 55,577
52 Aquaman 5* $2.99 DC 54,929
53 Star Wars Poe Dameron 5 $3.99 Marvel 52,581
54 Old Man Logan 10 $3.99 Marvel 52,175
55 Invincible Iron Man 12 $3.99 Marvel 50,571
56 Doctor Strange 10 $3.99 Marvel 50,083
57 Saga 37 $2.99 Image 50,016
58 Captain America Steve Rogers 4 $4.99 Marvel 49,559
59 Spider-Man 7 $3.99 Marvel 47,678
60 All New All Different Avengers 13 $3.99 Marvel 46,257
61 All New All Different Avengers Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 45,992
62 Mighty Thor 10 $3.99 Marvel 45,929
63 Extraordinary X-Men 13 $3.99 Marvel 45,037
64 Justice League of America 9 $3.99 DC 44,700
65 Civil War II Amazing Spider-Man 3 $3.99 Marvel 44,471
66 Punisher 4 $3.99 Marvel 44,154
67 Civil War II Choosing Sides 5 $3.99 Marvel 43,768
68 Uncanny X-Men 11 $3.99 Marvel 42,779
69 Deadpool Vs Gambit 3 $3.99 Marvel 42,561
70 Star Wars Force Awakens Adaptation 3 $3.99 Marvel 41,575
71 Daredevil 10 $3.99 Marvel 40,775
72 All New Wolverine 11 $3.99 Marvel 40,312
73 Daredevil Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 39,635
74 Uncanny Avengers 12 $3.99 Marvel 39,337
75 All New X-Men 12 $3.99 Marvel 39,289
76 Harleys Little Black Book 4 $4.99 DC 38,545
77 Deadpool Vs Gambit 4 $3.99 Marvel 38,173
78 All New Wolverine Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 38,106
79 Civil War II X-Men 3 $3.99 Marvel 37,976
80 Moon Knight 5 $3.99 Marvel 37,934
81 Uncanny Avengers 13 $3.99 Marvel 37,908
82 Deadpool And Mercs For Money 2 $3.99 Marvel 36,571
83 Spider-Gwen 11 $3.99 Marvel 36,212
84 Guardians of Galaxy 11 $3.99 Marvel 34,914
85 Tmnt Universe 1* $4.99 IDW 34,471
86 Paper Girls 8 $2.99 Image 33,731
87 Harley Quinn And Her Gang of Harleys 4 $3.99 DC 31,727
88 Civil War II Choosing Sides 4 $3.99 Marvel 31,464
89 Uncanny Inhumans 12 $3.99 Marvel 31,357
90 Marvel Tsum Tsum 1 $3.99 Marvel 30,515
91 Captain America Sam Wilson 12 $3.99 Marvel 30,479
92 Gwenpool 5 $3.99 Marvel 30,232
93 Kill or Be Killed 1 $3.99 Image 30,050
94 Harley Quinn And Her Gang of Harleys 5 $3.99 DC 29,616
95 Ms Marvel 10 $3.99 Marvel 29,395
96 Daredevil Punisher 4 $4.99 Marvel 29,225
97 Civil War Ii Kingpin 2 $3.99 Marvel 28,720
98 International Iron Man 6 $3.99 Marvel 28,337
99 Spawn Kills Everyone One Shot
$2.99 Image 28,227
100 Scooby Apocalypse 4 $3.99 DC 28,148
. . .

145 Earth 2 Society 15 $2.99 DC 16,884
159 Earth 2 Society Annual 1 $4.99 DC 15,431173 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 15 $2.99 DC 13,258
177 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 16 $2.99 DC 12,914
275 Justice League Rebirth 1 $2.99 DC 6,211

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10 HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS REBIRTH #1[*] 113,965
11 HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1[*] 108,708
28 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 2* $2.99 DC 77,972
42 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 3* $2.99 DC 64,737
41 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 4* $2.99 DC 54,815
46 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 5* $2.99 DC 50,935


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12 Green Lanterns Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 99,504
18 Green Lanterns 1* $2.99 DC 84,910
28 GREEN LANTERNS #2[*] 82,062
29 GREEN LANTERNS #3[*] 78,708
37 Green Lanterns 4* $2.99 DC 71,140
44 Green Lanterns 5* $2.99 DC 64,252
36 Green Lanterns 6 $2.99 DC 58,346
38 Green Lanterns 7 $2.99 DC 55,367



Man, the two GL books are neck and neck by the end of August. Both dropping fast as expected, but still better off than they were pre-Reibrth2.0.

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On a related note, I was at a comic show this past weekend, and some vendors had several longboxes of Rebirth issues they were trying to sell. One vendor in particular had SIX longboxes, solely with Rebirth issues from the oneshots to September. There are a LOT of these comics collecting dust on the racks out there that I have seen as well.

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August Comic Sales



1 Harley Quinn 1* $2.99 DC 359,957
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Is this number confirmed?!!




By the Guardians of OA, that is A LOT of copies.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

Fans better not have trouble finding one!

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

...Man, the two GL books are neck and neck by the end of August. Both dropping fast as expected, but still better off than they were pre-Reibrth2.0.

Yeah, I was surprised how they jockeyed back and forth in the month. I would've expected the Hal book to have a more definitive lead.

Is this number confirmed?!! . . By the Guardians of OA, that is A LOT of copies.

Well, ICv2 is reporting the same figure, so I assume so. Figure into that, it being a #1 and the usual people who saw the movie and wonder into a comic store added to the normal Harley appeal. Pretty impressive, though. That's in the same market as Civil War (cf. June's #1 spot).

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

Yeah, I was surprised how they jockeyed back and forth in the month. I would've expected the Hal book to have a more definitive lead.

Me too. I figured the Hal book would stay way ahead of the other one. But the way they seem to be settling into a groove together says retailers are ordering both titles in the same quantities, at least for the moment.

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September Comic Sales


1 Batman 6 $2.99 DC 138,853
2 All Star Batman 2* $4.99 DC 137,748
3 Batman 7 $2.99 DC 135,585
4 Civil War II 5 $4.99 Marvel 120,208
5 Justice League 4* $2.99 DC 94,548
6 Walking Dead 158 $2.99 Image 94,316
7 Trinity 1* $2.99 DC 93,797
8 Supergirl 1* $2.99 DC 90,247
9 Suicide Squad 2* $2.99 DC 89,575
10 Justice League 5* $2.99 DC 89,342
11 Teen Titans Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 84,919
12 Detective Comics 941 $2.99 DC 82,953
13 Flash 6 $2.99 DC 82,930
14 Suicide Squad 3* $2.99 DC 82,623
15 Star Wars 23 $3.99 Marvel 82,570
16 Harley Quinn 3* $2.99 DC 81,635
17 Detective Comics 940 $2.99 DC 80,897
18 Flash 7 $2.99 DC 78,057
19 Doom Patrol 1* $3.99 DC 76,225
20 Superman 6 $2.99 DC 76,124
21 Wonder Woman 6 $2.99 DC 74,856
22 Harley Quinn 4* $2.99 DC 73,678
23 Superman 7 $2.99 DC 72,867
24 Amazing Spider-Man 18 $3.99 Marvel 71,159
25 Wonder Woman 7 $2.99 DC 70,118
26 Nightwing 5 $2.99 DC 69,938
27 Batman Beyond Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 67,929
28 Spider-Man Deadpool 9 $3.99 Marvel 65,502
29 Titans 3* $2.99 DC 64,248
30 Nightwing 4* $2.99 DC 64,229
31 Cyborg Rebirth 1* $2.99 DC 64,169
32 Action Comics 963* $2.99 DC 60,824
33 Deadpool 18 $3.99 Marvel 59,027
34 Black Panther 6 $3.99 Marvel 58,746
35 Action Comics 964 $2.99 DC 58,439
36 Green Lanterns 6 $2.99 DC 58,346
37 Cyborg 1* $2.99 DC 56,280
38 Green Lanterns 7 $2.99 DC 55,367
39 Deathstroke 2* $2.99 DC 55,343
40 Green Arrow 6 $2.99 DC 55,330
41 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 4* $2.99 DC 54,815
42 Doctor Strange 11 $3.99 Marvel 53,718
43 Green Arrow 7 $2.99 DC 52,794
44 Blue Beetle 1* $2.99 DC 52,231
45 Deadpool Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 51,609
46 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 5* $2.99 DC 50,935
47 Captain America Steve Rogers 5 $3.99 Marvel 50,536
48 Superwoman 2* $2.99 DC 50,436
49 Star Wars Poe Dameron 6 $3.99 Marvel 50,275
50 Red Hood and the Outlaws 2* $2.99 DC 49,943
51 Deathstroke 3* $2.99 DC 49,916
52 Aquaman 6 $2.99 DC 49,903
53 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 2* $2.99 DC 49,166
54 Invincible Iron Man 13 $3.99 Marvel 48,394
55 Saga 38 $2.99 Image 48,106
56 Deadpool 19 $3.99 Marvel 47,948
57 Old Man Logan 11 $3.99 Marvel 47,248
58 Aquaman 7 $2.99 DC 47,005
59 Batgirl 3* $2.99 DC 46,891
60 Mighty Thor 11 $3.99 Marvel 46,434
61 All New All Different Avengers 14 $3.99 Marvel 45,509
62 Doctor Strange Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 44,778
63 Spider-Man 8 $3.99 Marvel 44,745
64 Uncanny X-Men 12 $3.99 Marvel 42,748
65 Civil War II Amazing Spider-Man 4 $3.99 Marvel 41,899
66 Moon Knight 6 $3.99 Marvel 41,884
67 New Super Man 3* $2.99 DC 41,796
68 Hellblazer 2* $2.99 DC 40,749
69 Uncanny X-Men 13 $3.99 Marvel 39,825
70 Extraordinary X-Men 14 $3.99 Marvel 39,265
71 Daredevil 11 $3.99 Marvel 39,135
72 Extraordinary X-Men Annual 1 $4.99 Marvel 38,871
73 Star Wars Force Awakens Adaptation 4 $3.99 Marvel 38,079
74 Punisher 5 $3.99 Marvel 38,052
75 Deadpool Vs Gambit 5 $3.99 Marvel 36,316
76 All New Wolverine 12 $3.99 Marvel 35,481
77 Uncanny Avengers 14 $3.99 Marvel 34,996
78 All New X-Men 13 $3.99 Marvel 34,687
79 Spider-Gwen 12 $3.99 Marvel 34,004
80 Civil War II X-Men 4 $3.99 Marvel 33,653
81 Seven To Eternity 1 $3.99 Image 32,790
82 Guardians of Galaxy 12 $3.99 Marvel 32,373
83 Paper Girls 9 $2.99 Image 32,320
84 Deadpool and Mercs For Money 3 $3.99 Marvel 30,078
85 Revolution 1 $3.99 IDW 28,985
86 Josie & The Pussycats 1 $3.99 Archie 28,769
87 Raven 1 $2.99 DC 28,374
88 Captain America Sam Wilson 13 $3.99 Marvel 28,158
89 Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys 6 $3.99 DC 27,922
90 Ms Marvel 11 $3.99 Marvel 27,278
91 Totally Awesome Hulk 10 $3.99 Marvel 26,193
92 Scooby Apocalypse 5 $3.99 DC 26,170
93 Ultimates 11 $3.99 Marvel 26,030
94 Gwenpool 6 $3.99 Marvel 25,890
95 Civil War II Choosing Sides 6 $3.99 Marvel 25,885
96 Uncanny Inhumans 13 $3.99 Marvel 25,737
97 International Iron Man 7 $3.99 Marvel 25,496
98 New Avengers 16 $3.99 Marvel 25,425
99 Captain Marvel 9 $3.99 Marvel 24,753
100 Kill or Be Killed 2 $3.99 Image 23,812
. . .
134 Earth 2 Society 16 $2.99 DC 16,025
156 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 17 $2.99 DC 12,782
158 Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five 18 $2.99 DC 12,740

[EmeraldGladiator Manhunter Repairman Find all posts View Profile Close EmeraldGladiator]

Wow that is surprising, not trying to hate but I am enjoying HJ&tGLC much more than I am Green Lanterns, but DC did put the muscle behind the latter instead of the former. Is it the Justice League membership? Having two members of the tent pole title makes a book seem more relevant. Hell being on earth makes it more relevant. Is it just the newness of it? I wonder if there is a sales correlation between the books that were part of the initial Rebirth and the sales of the books that came out afterwards after the first ones got established a bit. Hey I want all Green Lantern related titles to do well because it will mean we will get more of them

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Wow that is surprising, not trying to hate but I am enjoying HJ&tGLC much more than I am Green Lanterns, but DC did put the muscle behind the latter instead of the former...

I'm wondering about this too. I don't think I've heard anyone who prefers GLs to HJ&GLC. I'm sure they're out there, but I figured they were a minority.

Besides your theory, I wonder if it can be due to the title. Maybe people who buy only one lantern book feel like that's the flagship because of the title. Sure, the other has GLC in the title, but if you're looking at it quickly, it looks like Hal Jordan.

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I'm wondering about this too. I don't think I've heard anyone who prefers GLs to HJ&GLC. I'm sure they're out there, but I figured they were a minority.

Besides your theory, I wonder if it can be due to the title. Maybe people who buy only one lantern book feel like that's the flagship because of the title. Sure, the other has GLC in the title, but if you're looking at it quickly, it looks like Hal Jordan.

I was going to say that too but was afraid people would read it the wrong way. I have heard it theorized that Batman always sells more than Detective because Batman is considered the primary and Detective the secondary, just like with Superman and Action. The only times that this hasn't seemed to be the case is when a clearly more popular writer/artist is on the secondary title and even then the margin would be much greater if the names of the books were reversed. HJ&tGLC might have been better served being called Green Lantern, and let Green Lanterns keep its name. Or the tried and true Green Lantern Corps featuring Hal Jordan. Even with Byrne writing and drawing it, I have no doubt Alpha Flight would have sold better if was intitled X-Men featuring Alpha Flight. A person that is not keeping up would go to the G's for a Green Lantern book not necessarily think to look under the H's.
Not worried though eventually superior art and storytelling will win out and cream will rise to the top. Justice League is still one of the top titles because it is Justice League but I am very look warm on the book right now. It is still riding that Johns/Fabok momentum.